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Nassar could head to Marianna federal prison

Disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar has been sentenced to 40 to 125 years in prison in Michigan, his last punishment in a decades-long sex abuse scandal. (Feb. 5)

Larry Nassar stands to hear an Eaton County (Mich.) Circuit judge deliver his sentence Monday, Feb. 5, 2018, the third and final day of sentencing in Charlotte, Mich.(Photo: Matthew Dae Smith, Lansing (Mich.) State Journal)

Larry Nassar, the disgraced former doctor for the USA Gymnastics program and Michigan State University who was sentenced to up to 175 years for decades of sexual assaults, could find his way to a prison just 70 miles from Tallahassee.

On Monday, Nassar was sentenced to his third decades-long prison stint stemming from additional charges of sexual assault in Michigan.Last month he also was sentenced to 40 to 175 years on seven sexual assault charges. In December he was sentenced to 60 years in prison on federal child pornography charges.

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Larry Nassar leaves court Monday, Feb. 5, 2018, the third and final day of sentencing in Eaton County Court in Charlotte, Mich., where Nassar was sentenced to 40-125 years in prison on three counts of sexual assault. [MATTHEW DAE SMITH/Lansing State Journal] Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal

Lead prosecutor Angela Povilaitis gives her closing statement Monday, Feb. 5, 2018, the third and final day of sentencing in Eaton County Court in Charlotte, Mich. Nassar was sentenced to 40-125 years in prison on three counts of sexual assault. [MATTHEW DAE SMITH/Lansing State Journal] Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal

Therapy dogs "Yuri," left, and "Reagan" play outside of Eaton County Circuit Court while their handlers Karen Gonser, left, of the Eaton County Juvenile Facility, and Brian Seratt of the Eaton County Prosectutor's office try to untangle their leashes, Friday, Feb. 2, 2018, before the final day of sentencing. [MATTHEW DAE SMITH/Lansing State Journal] Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal

Larry Nassar stands to hear Eaton County Circuit Judge deliver his sentence Monday, Feb. 5, 2018, the third and final day of sentencing in Eaton County Court in Charlotte, Mich.. [MATTHEW DAE SMITH/Lansing State Journal] Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal

Larry Nassar listens as lead prosecutor Angela Povilaitis makes her closing statements Monday, Feb. 5, 2018, the third and final day of sentencing in Eaton County Court in Charlotte, Mich., where Nassar will be sentenced on three counts of sexual assault. [MATTHEW DAE SMITH/Lansing State Journal] Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal

Eaton County Circuit Judge Janice Cunningham delivers her sentence Monday, Feb. 5, 2018, on the third and final day of sentencing in Eaton County Court in Charlotte, Mich.. She sentenced Larry Nassar to 40-125 years in prison on three counts of sexual assault. [MATTHEW DAE SMITH/Lansing State Journal] Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal

People tear up in the gallery Monday, Feb. 5, 2018, during the third and final day of sentencing in Eaton County Court in Charlotte, Mich., where Nassar was sentenced to 40-125 years in prison on three counts of sexual assault. [MATTHEW DAE SMITH/Lansing State Journal] Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal

Larry Nassar reads a statement Monday, Feb. 5, 2018, during the third and final day of sentencing in Eaton County Court in Charlotte, Mich., where Nassar will be sentenced on three counts of sexual assault. [MATTHEW DAE SMITH/Lansing State Journal] Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal

Susan Thomashaw hugs lead prosecutor Angela Povilaitis Monday, Feb. 5, 2018, after the third and final day of sentencing in Eaton County Court in Charlotte, Mich., where Nassar was sentenced on three counts of sexual assault. [MATTHEW DAE SMITH/Lansing State Journal] Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal

A shackled Larry Nassar sits in Judge Janice Cunningham's courtroom Monday, Feb. 5, 2018, the third and final day of sentencing in Eaton County Court in Charlotte, Mich., where he was sentenced on three counts of sexual assault. [MATTHEW DAE SMITH/Lansing State Journal] Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal

There was little reaction in Larry Nassar's face as he was sentenced Monday, Feb. 5, 2018, in Judge Janice Cunningham's Eaton County Court in Charlotte, Mich., where Nassar was sentenced to 40-125 years in prison on three counts of sexual assault. [MATTHEW DAE SMITH/Lansing State Journal] Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal

Eaton County Circuit Judge Janice Cunningham addresses Larry Nassar sentence Monday, Feb. 5, 2018, on the third and final day of sentencing in Eaton County Court in Charlotte, Mich.. She sentenced Larry Nassar to 40-125 years in prison on three counts of sexual assault. [MATTHEW DAE SMITH/Lansing State Journal] Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal

Larry Nassar signs paperwork Monday, Feb. 5, 2018, after the third and final day of sentencing in Eaton County Court in Charlotte, Mich., where he was sentenced to 40-125 years in prison on three counts of sexual assault. [MATTHEW DAE SMITH/Lansing State Journal] Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal

Larry Nassar listens as lead prosecutor Angela Povilaitis makes her closing statements Monday, Feb. 5, 2018, the third and final day of sentencing in Eaton County Court in Charlotte, Mich., where Nassar will be sentenced on three counts of sexual assault. [MATTHEW DAE SMITH/Lansing State Journal] Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal

Larry Nassar listens to Judge Janice Cunningham as she delivers his sentence Monday, Feb. 5, 2018, the third and final day of sentencing in Eaton County Court in Charlotte, Mich.. Nassar was sentenced to 40-125 years in prison on three counts of sexual assault. [MATTHEW DAE SMITH/Lansing State Journal] Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal

Larry Nassar looks down Monday, Feb. 5, 2018, on the third and final day of sentencing in Eaton County Court in Charlotte, Mich. [MATTHEW DAE SMITH/Lansing State Journal] Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal

People celebrate in the gallery Monday, Feb. 5, 2018, after the third and final day of sentencing in Eaton County Court in Charlotte, Mich., where Nassar was sentenced on three counts of sexual assault. [MATTHEW DAE SMITH/Lansing State Journal] Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal

Rachael Denhollander hugs people Monday, Feb. 5, 2018, after the third and final day of sentencing in Eaton County Court in Charlotte, Mich., where Nassar was sentenced to 40-125 years in prison on three counts of sexual assault. [MATTHEW DAE SMITH/Lansing State Journal] Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State

Former gymnast Larissa Boyce hugs assistant prosecutor Robyn Liddell Monday, Feb. 5, 2018, after the third and final day of sentencing in Eaton County Court in Charlotte, Mich., where Nassar was sentenced on three counts of sexual assault. [MATTHEW DAE SMITH/Lansing State Journal] Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal

Lynn Erickson, mother of Ashley Erickson hugs Assistant Prosecutor Robyn Liddell Monday, Feb. 5, 2018, following the third and final day of sentencing in Eaton County Court in Charlotte, Mich., where Larry Nassar was sentenced on three counts of sexual assault. [MATTHEW DAE SMITH/Lansing State Journal] Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal

Melissa Alexander Vigogne wipes tears from her eyes Monday, Feb. 5, 2018, after the third and final day of sentencing in Eaton County Court in Charlotte, Mich., where Larry Nassar was sentenced to 40-125 years in prison on three counts of sexual assault. She and her husband Jerome, right, came from France so she could give her victim impact statement. [MATTHEW DAE SMITH/Lansing State Journal] Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal

Larry Nassar, right, listens to Judge Janice Cunningham Monday, Feb. 5, 2018, the third and final day of sentencing in Eaton County Court in Charlotte, Mich.. She sentenced him to 40-125 years in prison on three counts of sexual assault. Seated next to him is his attorney Matt Newburg. [MATTHEW DAE SMITH/Lansing State Journal] Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal

Rachael Denhollander hugs Det. Lt. Andrea Munford Monday, Feb. 5, 2018, after the third and final day of sentencing in Eaton County Court in Charlotte, Mich., where Nassar was sentenced on three counts of sexual assault. [MATTHEW DAE SMITH/Lansing State Journal] Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal

Members of the media shoot photo and video of Larry Nassar as he leaves Eaton County Circuit Court Monday, Feb. 5, 2018, after being sentenced to 40-125 years in prison on three counts of sexual assault. [MATTHEW DAE SMITH/Lansing State Journal] Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal

Rachael Denhollander addresses the media after Larry Nassar is sentenced to 40-125 years in an Eaton County courthouse Monday, Feb. 5, 2018 in Charlotte, Michigan. Robert Killips | Lansing State Journal

Former gymnast Ashley Erickson hugs assistant prosecutor Robyn Liddell Monday, Feb. 5, 2018, after the third and final day of sentencing in Eaton County Court in Charlotte, Mich., where Nassar was sentenced on three counts of sexual assault. [MATTHEW DAE SMITH/Lansing State Journal] Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal

Other prisons that offer similar programs are located in Virginia, Illinois and Ohio.

Sexual offenders often are grouped together in prisons because of the availability of federal programs and the protection they offer from other inmates.

"Sex offenders who can’t pass themselves off as something else will typically find themselves in an undesirable position," federal prisoner and author/researcher Christopher Zoukis said in a 2013 article.

"At best, they’ll be avoided, and perhaps openly and directly called names and excluded from activities (e.g., sports, card games, TV rooms, work assignments, etc.)," Zoukis wrote. "At worse, they’ll be robbed, beaten or even killed. Many will find that they aren’t welcome to sit at certain tables in the chow hall, or might have to spend years in protective custody."

Contact Karl Etters at ketters@tallahassee.com or @KarlEtters on Twitter.